When deleting or renaming a buffer and a buffer name is specified,

complain if the buffer doesn't exist instead of silently deleting or
renaming the most recent buffer. GitHub issue 3205.

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/cmd-set-buffer.c b/cmd-set-buffer.c
index 9112683f..c9ffe5ed 100644
--- a/cmd-set-buffer.c
+++ b/cmd-set-buffer.c
@@ -69,8 +69,13 @@ cmd_set_buffer_exec(struct cmd *self, struct cmdq_item *item)
 		pb = paste_get_name(bufname);
 
 	if (cmd_get_entry(self) == &cmd_delete_buffer_entry) {
-		if (pb == NULL)
+		if (pb == NULL) {
+			if (bufname != NULL) {
+				cmdq_error(item, "unknown buffer: %s", bufname);
+				return (CMD_RETURN_ERROR);
+			}
 			pb = paste_get_top(&bufname);
+		}
 		if (pb == NULL) {
 			cmdq_error(item, "no buffer");
 			return (CMD_RETURN_ERROR);
@@ -80,8 +85,13 @@ cmd_set_buffer_exec(struct cmd *self, struct cmdq_item *item)
 	}
 
 	if (args_has(args, 'n')) {
-		if (pb == NULL)
+		if (pb == NULL) {
+			if (bufname != NULL) {
+				cmdq_error(item, "unknown buffer: %s", bufname);
+				return (CMD_RETURN_ERROR);
+			}
 			pb = paste_get_top(&bufname);
+		}
 		if (pb == NULL) {
 			cmdq_error(item, "no buffer");
 			return (CMD_RETURN_ERROR);